| parent county =[[Huron County, Ohio|Huron]] and [[Sandusky County, Ohio|Sandusky]]<ref name="Handybook">''The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America'', 10th ed. (Draper, UT: Everton Publishers, 2002).</ref>

*'''Parent Counties''': Formed from [[Huron County, Ohio|Huron]] and [[Sandusky County, Ohio|Sandusky]] Counties 15 March 1838.<ref name="HBG">[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/50140092&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;referer=brief_results ''Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed.''] (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), [FHL book 973 D27e 2002].</ref>

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'''1838--'''Erie County was created from Huron, Sandusky Counties. The county seat is Sandusky. <sup>1</sup>

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*'''Neighboring Counties''': {{PAGENAME}}&nbsp;'''residents''' may also have records in <ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Erie County, Ohio" in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erie_County,_Ohio (accessed 10 May 2012).</ref>[[Huron County, Ohio|Huron]] (south){{·}}[[Lorain County, Ohio|Lorain]] (east){{·}}[[Seneca County, Ohio|Seneca]] and [[Sandusky County, Ohio|Sandusky]] (west){{·}}[[Ottawa County, Ohio|Ottawa]] (northwest)

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*See an interactive map of Erie County [http://www.ohio.n2genealogy.com/oh-maps.html boundary changes].

*Civil War service men from Erie County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment)&nbsp;that&nbsp;originated in their county. Listed below are companies that were specifically formed in Erie County.

*'''[[Ohio Deaths (FamilySearch Historical Records)|Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953]]''' Free name indexes and images at [[Ohio Deaths and Burials (FamilySearch Historical Records)|FamilySearch]]. Records include such information as birth date of deceased, city, county, and state of death, name of spouse if married, names of parents, maiden name of mother, name of informant, if deceased was single, married, windowed or divorced, occupation of deceased.

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=== Web Sites ===

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*{{FHL|Ohio%2C+Erie|subject|disp=Family History Library Catalog}}

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=== Places ===

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==== Populated Places ====

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== Web Sites ==

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*[[Kellys Island, Erie County, Ohio]]

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*[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=localitydetails&subject=195991&subject_disp=Ohio%2C+Erie&columns=*,0,0 Family History Library Catalog]

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=== References ===

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== References ==

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1.''The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America'',10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002)

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{{Ohio|Ohio}}

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1.''The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America'',10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002)<br>

Civil War service men from Erie County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are companies that were specifically formed in Erie County.

Naturalization and Citizenship

Newspapers

Obituaries

Periodicals

Probate

Public Records

Repositories

Courthouse

County Health Department has birth records from 1908, death and burial records; Probate Judge has marriage andprobate records; Clerk Court has divorce and court recordsfrom 1870; County Recorder has land records[1]

Family History Centers

Libraries

Museums

Societies

Taxation

Vital Records

Birth

Marriage

Death

Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953 Free name indexes and images at FamilySearch. Records include such information as birth date of deceased, city, county, and state of death, name of spouse if married, names of parents, maiden name of mother, name of informant, if deceased was single, married, windowed or divorced, occupation of deceased.